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. 1987 Mar;7(1):37-46.

Increasing the odds of patient compliance through prescription warning labels

J M Ferguson, R Discenza, J A Miller
  • PMID: 10281382

Increasing the odds of patient compliance through prescription warning labels

J M Ferguson et al. J Health Care Mark. 1987 Mar.

Abstract

Ensuring patient compliance with instructions for medication continues to be a major problem. The authors report an experiment suggesting that warning labels promote compliance. In addition, other methods of improving compliance are discussed.

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